Kitchen fitter?

quaalude

Hi -

I just had a guy come round and quote me for a new kitchen. My kitchen is *really* small, so it was just a floor cupboard with drawers and a worktop, a wall mounted double cupboard, a sink with a unit under it, plus moving the washing machine and dishwasher around. He quoted me €2580. He said an oven and hob would be another €700 on top of that.
This seems really expensive to me; can anyone recommend another reliable kitchen guy who'll do the whole thing that I can get a quote from?

Thanks,

q

gibo_ie

Hey,
I recently did my kitchen up from scratch and this is what i done;

Size of kitchen is 3.5m x 1.5m which is decent.
I put floor cabinets all around two walls and wall cabinets over one wall (1.5m) and new integrated cooker/hob and Extractor Fan.

The electrical equipt cost 450 EUR from powercity (www.powercity.ie) now with prices!!

I designed the kitchen myself and got one guy in B&Q to check the design and that i had everything i needed. They do this for free and even will design it for you (appointment is advisable). I then waited till the sale on doors and saved myself 400EUR, total cost of kitchen units/sink/taps/worktops etc came to 1050EUR which is great as Cash and Carry kitchens quoted me 2500 for the same kitchen. I then got a handyman in who also had to relocate the sink and do some other small jobs for me and this cost 450EUR,
Therefore total cost was 1950 EUR for a resonalbe size kitchen. B&Q also do fitting but they advised me against this as it is rather pricy....

My advice is design your own, get it checked and buy it when you get quotes from handymen to fit only!!!

Gibo

quaalude

Thanks, that sounds like really good advice. I hoped to get my kitchen sort of hassle-free, as I am useless with DIY and don't have a car, but I suppose you save the money by being smart and shopping around. How did you find a reliable handyman, by the way?
I have someone else coming on Monday, so I'll get another quote then see what to do.

gibo_ie

well luckily i am from da country so finding a good handyman is easy, but while living in dublin i regularly get flyers through door about handymen. Also maybe ask a neighbour of someone. I think that B&Q also deliver depending on where you live too so not having a car may not be too bad... again depending on where you live, but as for saving, all in all i saved approx 1k so i be a happy man!
Gibo

quaalude

Update -

Another guy came around today, and gave me a quote that undercut first guy by €1000! He's giving me the exact kitchen I want and seems really decent, so I'm gonna go with him.
I still have to buy my cooker - Powercity has the one I want, and it seems to be the cheapest, so thanks for the tip about them, gibo_ie.

q

gibo_ie

no probs,
it always pays to shop around!!!
Are you getting fitted cooker etc or standalone??
I only ask as i have a new cooker and Fridge/freexer to sell...cheap!!
M

quaalude

I'm getting a standalone slot-in cooker with hob; this is the kind of one I want: http://www.zanussi.co.uk/node80.asp?prodid=10834&img=
What's your like?

gibo_ie

ahh,
this is a bit more classy than the one i have
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147385&highlight=creda+cooker

unfortunate!! only €100 for mine

quaalude

Thanks so much for the offer gibo_ie, but I hope to never have to do anything to my kitchen again. I want to do it exactly how I pictured it first time, so I'm gonna go with the dearer one!

q

danjo

I imagine he has it all sorted by now. Check the date on the first post.

Joey the lips

^spam ^

Timmybauld

Hey guys, not really much of a boards.ie poster, more a lurker really.

Just about to look into this myself, so enjoying the advice. Don't suppose I could get a PM with the handiman you thought worked out well's number?

dodzy

Timmybauld wrote: »

Hey guys, not really much of a boards.ie poster, more a lurker really.

Just about to look into this myself, so enjoying the advice. Don't suppose I could get a PM with the handiman you thought worked out well's number?

Probably best starting a new thread. The fitter has probably died of old age by now.

biko

Thread born in 2004, revived in 2016 :eek:

tabby aspreme

dodzy wrote: »

Probably best starting a new thread. The fitter has probably died of old age by now.

Kitchen fitters usually die from breakfast roll over indulgence not old age

Mod edit. Thread closed, as advised best to open a new thread